The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (Official Music Video) – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.("1979" by The ) ♪ 1979 ♪ ♪ Cool kids never have the time ♪ ♪ On a live wire right up off the street ♪ ♪ You and I should meet ♪ ♪ like a stone ♪ ♪ With the pointed at the dawn ♪ ♪ We were sure we'd never see an end to it all ♪ ♪ And I don't even care ♪ ♪ To shake these zipper blues ♪ ♪ And we don't know just where our bones will rest ♪ ♪ To dust I guess ♪ ♪ Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ the vacant and the bored ♪ ♪ They're not sure just what we have in store ♪ ♪ Morphine city slipping dues down to see ♪ ♪ That we don't even care ♪ ♪ As restless as we are ♪ ♪ We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts ♪ ♪ And poured cement, lamented and assured ♪ ♪ To the lights and towns below ♪ ♪ Faster than the speed of sound ♪ ♪ Faster than we thought we'd go ♪ ♪ Beneath the sound of hope ♪ ♪ Justine never knew the rules ♪ ♪ Hung down with the freaks and ghouls ♪ ♪ No ever need be made ♪ ♪ I know you better than you fake it to see ♪ ♪ That we don't even care ♪ ♪ To shake these zipper blues ♪ ♪ And we don't know just where our bones will rest ♪ ♪ To dust I guess ♪ ♪ Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below ♪ ♪ The street heats the urgency of now ♪ ♪ As you see there's no one around ♪ ♪♪♪
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
shakedown
A2Extortion, especially through blackmail
Example:
"♪ Shakedown 1979 ♪"
headlights
A2A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.
Example:
"♪ With the headlights pointed at the dawn ♪"
double-cross
B1To betray or go back on
Example:
"♪ Double-cross the vacant and the bored ♪"
apologies
A2An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
Example:
"♪ No apologies ever need be made ♪"
smashing
A2To break (something brittle) violently.
Example:
"("1979" by The Smashing Pumpkins)"
pumpkins
A2A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
Example:
"("1979" by The Smashing Pumpkins)"
junebug
A2Any of several species of beetles:
Example:
"♪ Junebug skipping like a stone ♪"
skipping
A2To move by hopping on alternate feet.
Example:
"♪ Junebug skipping like a stone ♪"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| shakedown | A2 | Extortion, especially through blackmail |
| headlights | A2 | A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair. |
| double-cross | B1 | To betray or go back on |
| apologies | A2 | An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry). |
| smashing | A2 | To break (something brittle) violently. |
| pumpkins | A2 | A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon. |
| junebug | A2 | Any of several species of beetles: |
| skipping | A2 | To move by hopping on alternate feet. |
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